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Tony G Looking at Possible Legal Actions against the AGCC

Tony G announced today that he is looking into legal action against the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC). Tony G has claimed that the reason he wants to pursue legal action is because the AGCC was negligent while handling the Full Tilt Poker situation. The AGCC was formed in 2000 and its sole responsibility is to regulate gambling in the States of Alderney. Tony G feels that the AGCC should be held responsible for being negligent while handling the Full Tilt Poker situation.

Everyone by now should know that the AGCC stripped Full Tilt Poker of their license to operate an online poker room. However, Tony G feels that the commission should have known there was a problem before Black Friday. Once Black Friday hit everyone started trying to cover themselves to avoid any punishment. The AGCC should have known well before Black Friday that Full Tilt was in trouble due to the fact that the company didn’t segregate player funds from business funds.

The AGCC had plenty of reasons to keep quiet about the Full Tilt situation while the poker room was operating. The AGCC was making a lot of money while Full Tilt Poker was operating. However, the AGCC is supposed to ensure that each licensee runs a fair and criminal-free enterprise. The AGCC was made aware that Full Tilt Poker didn’t have the funds available to pay players back in 2010 and they never opened a full investigation against the poker room.

Tony G believes that the AGCC must’ve known about the fact Full Tilt Poker didn’t have the funds to pay everyone well before it was made aware to them in 2010. The AGCC was hiding this fact for years from various auditors and Tony G feels that the entire commission should be held responsible for allowing this to happen for all of these years. If the AGCC isn’t going to drop the dime on Full Tilt Poker or other poker rooms when they’re breaching their contract than whose going to notify players?

It’s not clear what type of legal action Tony G is pursing at this time, but one thing that’s for sure is he’s looking for answers from the AGCC and I’m positive he’ll get them. I’m excited to follow the story and see if it leads anywhere in the near future, as I agree that the AGCC should be held responsible if they knew player funds weren’t available before Black Friday. Poker players that have money stuck on Full Tilt Poker can send there details to lawsuit@pokernews.com if you’re serious about joining in on the proposed action against the AGCC.

There are more details on the Poker News site about the information you need to send them in order to be added to the database that they’re constructing. Tony G has always been vocal, but he does do the right thing a lot of times and I’m confident that he’ll pursuer legal action against the AGCC if he feels that they were partly responsible for the Full Tilt Poker scandal.